Dear Remagen... this is not the end

When I spent my very first night in Remagen, I was wondering how I would survive the following four months here. I remember that I was missing my family and friends so badly, the lights of the city and even the noisy traffic of Budapest. Then everything changed and I learnt to love this small place with all of the cute coffees, friendly people and stunning landscape. I found my “German family” straight away and I am sure that my friendship with Lucy and Gintare won’t end with our goodbye to Remagen - our German experiences have bound us to each other for life.

The planned four months turned into ten, but the time flew by so fast, I didn’t even realise that this is almost a YEAR. Thinking back to the experiences, this space in the blog seems too short to tell everything, so I won’t even try it but I would like to share my most memorable ones. I was lucky enough to take part in the Cologne carnival and see the normally moderate German people going crazy, have a trip to the beautiful capital, Berlin, see the famous BUGA in Koblenz. I had fun on several parties, such as the Erstiparty in the beginning of the semester, the Poolparty with the members of the Sprachen/Internationales department and on a massive music festival, the Rheinkultur. I gained numerous experiences at RheinAhrCampus and managed to improve my skills as well; I learnt how to use social media, the basics of Photoshop and how to organise a press conference. These events have contributed to my learning curve (and will look good in my resume!)

I am extremely thankful for all of the members of the Sprachen/Internationales for providing a lot of help and all of my friends to make my stay in Germany absolutely unforgettable. Even though the goodbye is approaching, I am sure that this will not be the last time when I eat the famous Pommes of RheinAhrCampus’ Mensa and will come back one day…

Emese